Padding and sizing machine for silk or cotton fabric



July 3, 1928. 1,675,810

J. LATERRA PADDING AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK OR COTTON FABRIC FiledMarch 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet l Inventar Jamv .Za ZZ rra,

Attofng July 3, 1928. 1,675,810

J. LATERRA PADDING' AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK 0R COTT ON FABRIC FiledMarch 2, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor (db/27V jafirra.

July 3, 192a. 1,675,810

J. LATERRA PADDING AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK OR COTTON FABRIC FiledMarch 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 4 Attorney Patented July 3, 1928.

JOHN LATERRA, F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

PADIDING AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK OR COTTON FABRIC.

Application filed March 2, 1927. Serial No. 172,064.

The present invention relates to apadding or sizing machine for silk orcotton fabric and aims to provide a machine of this nature 7 which usesfour rollers so as tobc capable of finishing all grade of fabric and toapply thereto the desired amount of liquid.

A still further important object of the invention resides in theprovision of a. machine of this nature which is reliable in giving thefabric the desired lustre and for applying the liquid on both the sidesof the goods and capable of applying two different kinds of liquid onboth sides at the same time.

The machine eliminates the necessity of running the fabrics more thanonce through the machine as is the common practice thereby saving timeand labor.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in theprovision of a machine of this nature that is comparatively simple inits construction, thoroughly reliable in its operation, easy tomanipulate,

and otherwise well adapted to the purpose 25 for which it is designed.

With he above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction and in 30 the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine embodyingthefeatures of my invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the upper portion ofthe machine,

Figure 4 is a detail view of the speed operating means.

be seen that the numeral 5 denotes the frame of the machine. A shaft 6is journaled transversely of the frame and has a roller 7 fixed theretoto rotate therewith. A clutch pulley 9 is mounted on a shaft 10 which isjournaled in the frame and at'the end of which is mounted the disk 8.The pulley 9 has a belt drive 11 from an electric motor 12. A suitableclutch mechanism 13 is adapted to engage the pulley 9 with the shaft 10for causing rotation of said shaft when desired. A shaft 14 is mountedlongitudinally of one end of the frame and has slidable thereon androtatable therewith a friction wheel 15 engaged with friction disk 8. Agrooved collar 16 is formed on the friction wheel 15 and pins 17 of afork 18 are engaged therein. This fork 18 rises from an internallythreaded sleeve 19 threaded on the threaded portion of a shaft 20 whichis journaled in bearings 21 and 22 on the frame. This shaft -20 has ahand wheel 23 at one end so that by operation of this hand wheel thefriction wheel 15 may be moved towards or. away from the center of thefriction disk 8 to regulate the speed of the shaft 14. A worm 24 isformed on the shaft 14 and meshes with a worm gear 25 on a shaft 26 onwhich is also disposed a sprocket 27 over which is trained a chain 28.The structure of the worm, worm gear, sprocket and chain is duplicatedat the other end of the shaft 14. A pair of solution basins 30 arecarried by rack bars 31 slidable vertically in guides 32 and in meshwith gears 33 on shafts 34 so that said shafts 34 may be rotated forraising and lowering the solution basins as may be desired. These basinshave an inner portion 35 which extends upwardly at their inner ends asis. indicated at 36. These basins 30 are located above the roller 7, oneto each side thereof. Rollers 37 are journaled in the frame to fit intothe solution of the basins 30 and are mounted on shafts 38 which carrypulleys 39 over which are trained the chains 28. Idler pulleys 40 bearagainst the chains 28 and are mounted on adjustable brackets 41 pivotedas at 42. Rollers 43 rest on rollers 37 and are disposed so as to be inclose proximity to each other. These rollers 43 are journaled inbrackets'44 rockably mounted intermediate their ends as at 45. Levers 46roject integrally from the bracket arms 44 a jacent Referring to thedrawing in detail it Wlll one end and have supported on their outerextremities weights 47. Arms 48 are pivoted as at 49 on the frame andhave their other ends connected to' intermediate portions of the levers46 by adjustable links 50. Levers 51 are pivoted as at 52 on the frameand have cam elements 53 swingable therewith for engaging arms 48 sothat these arms 48 may be swung downwardly to swing the levers 46downwardly and raise the rollers 43 as will be quite apparent. A feedidler roll 55 is journaled in the frame in close proximity to the roll 7to one side thereof. Idler rolls 56 are journaled in the frame adjacentthe ends thereof and have their axes disposed a little above the idlerroll 55.

A pair of bracket arms 57 project from one end of the frame and areadapted to receive the roll of fabric to be treated. A spool or the like58 is mounted in brackets arms 59 projecting from the upper end of theframe for receiving the treated fabric. This roll 58 has a pulley 60thereon driven by a. belt 61 having a belt tigh tener at 62 associatedtherewith and the belt is driven by a pulley 63 on the adjacent shaft26..

The fabric from the roll 65 in bracket arms 57 is trained over the rollsas is indicated to advantage in dotted lines in Figure 1 namely. itpasses under the roll 56, over the roll 55, then down about the roll 7,then up between the roll 43. then over one of the rolls l3 onto the roll58. The machine may be run at any desired speed as may be regulatedthrough disk 8 and friction wheel 15 as will be quite apparent. Thedipping rolls 3? will apply the liquid therein which will apply in bothsides of the fabric as it passes between them. The four rollers 37 and43 will apply liquid solution on both sides of the silk and cottonfabrics even if two different kinds of solutions is desired as isrequired for fabrics that have a smooth and a rough side such as satinsand the like. It is possible that the solution may be applied from amere dampness to the desired wetness so as to be capable of finishingall different qualities of fabric on the market. The two bottom rollers37 turn around in the feeding basins or pan, that is, in the innerportions thereof, the outer portions functioning as overflow tracts andthese basins may be adjusted as the solution is used up or dependingupon how much solution is desired to apply to the cloth. The two toprollers are adjusted by screws and the amount of weight 4-? on the endsof the levers 46 so as to give the required solution as desired fordifferent fabrics from a mere dampness to the desired wetness.

By running the fabric through the machine all overcast of starch iseliminated, all additional labor of running the fabric more than once iseliminated. whatever amount of luster desired can be obtained, whateveramount of solution desired applied on the fabric in order to give itweight is obtained, regardless of fabrics being ,tin weighted or puredyed.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of thisinvention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this artwithout a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment ofthe invention has been disclosed in detail merely by way of examplesince in actual practice it. attains the features of advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the abovedescription. it will be apparent that changes in the details ofconstruction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may beresorted to with prising a frame, a pair of basins mounted in the frame,a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to dip into a solution carriedby the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracket arms in which thesecond pair of rollers are journaled. said bracket arms being pivotallymounted on the frame so that the. second rollers rest on the firstrollers, means for driving the first rollers so that solution will beimparted to the second rollers and said second rollers will rotate inorder that fab 'ic may be trained between the second rollers and thesolution applied thereto. and means for swinging the bracket arms forraising the second rollers from the first rollers.

2. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of basinsmounted in the frame. a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to dipinto a solution carried by the basins. a second pair of rollers, bracketarms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled. said bracketarms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollersrest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers so thatsolution will be imparted to the second rollers and said second rollerswill rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the secondrollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging thebracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers,means for raising and lowering the basins to regulate the dipping depthof the first rollers.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of basinsmounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to dipinto a solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracketarms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled. said bracketarms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollersrest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers so thatsolution will be imparted to the second roll ers and said second rollerswill rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the secondrollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging thebracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers,ievers extending from the bracket arms. and wei hts on the outerextremities of the levers for partially counterbalancing the secondrollers.

4. A. machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair ofbasins mounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journalcd in the frame todip into a. solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers,bracket arms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled, saidbracket arms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the secondrollers rest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollersso that solution will be imparted to thesecond rollers and said secondrollers will rotate in order that fabric may be trained between thesecond rollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swingingthe bracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers,levers extending from the bracket arms. and. weights on the outerextremities of the levers for partially counter-balancing the secondrollers. links extendingfrom the intermediate portions of the levers,arms pivoted to the links and pivoted to the frame, levers jpivoted onthe frame and having cams en:

gageable with the arms whereby the first mentioned levers may be moveddownwardly to swing the bracket arms upwardly and raise the second pairvof rollers from the first pair of rollers for the purpose of trainingfabric therebetween with facility.

5. A machine of theclass described comprising a frame, a pair of basinsmounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to'dipinto a solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracketarms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled, said bracketarms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollersrest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers-so thatsolution will be imparted to the second rollers and said second rollerswill rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the secondrollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging thebracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers,another roller journaled in the frame belowthe first and secondmentioned rollers so that fabric may be trained under. said other rollerup between the second-mentioned roller, and rollers journaled at theends of the frame. from one of which the fabric may unwind and on theother of which the fabric may wind.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN LATERRA.

